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Fusarium Wilt of Banana in Kisii County, Kenya
(Current Agriculture Research Journal, 2021-04-20)
Banana categorized as third in world’s key starch crops after cassava and
sweet potatoes and it is the fourth most widely grown crop after rice, wheat
and maize. The crop accounts for over 70 % of farmer’s earnings in ...
Does Mainstreaming Board-Level Leadership affect Employee Performance?
(Journal of Business Management and Economic Research, 2021)
Leadership is a determinant of the success or failure of any organization. A leader is an individual
who induces others and guides them to execute particular duties and to give their best towards
achieving the desired ...
Lean manufacturing practices and supply chain performance of sugar manufacturing firms in western Kenya
(American Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2021)
Introduction:Western Kenya is the largest producer of sugar in Kenya, supporting about 170,000 smallholder farming households and contributing about 80 percent of the total sugar produced in Kenya. ...
Mapping Qtls for Grain Yield and Yield Components in Kenyan Maize (Zea mays L.) Under Low Phosphorus Using Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNPS)
(American Journal of Plant Sciences, 2021-07-28)
Selection for tolerance to low phosphorus (P) using morphological traits alone
is slow and often confounded by environmental effects. This study identified
some Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) associated with grain yield ...
Response of selected sorghum (sorghum bicolor (l.) moench) genotypes to striga hermonthica (del.) benth in western Kenya
(Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science, 2021-06-06)
Sorghum is an important staple food crop in Kenya, but its yield is low due to many constraints which
include diseases, drought, soil fertility, and pests, notably parasitic weed Striga hermonthica. Twenty
elite sorghum ...
Influence of infrastructure expenditure on gross domestic product growth in Kenya
(Research Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2021-07)
Government expenditure is a critical tool which governments usually use to bring about equitable
distribution of income and wealth and hence, create stability in prices, manage inflation, create employment
and spur growth. ...
Exploring the thin line between misinformation and facts in the era of COVID-19 in selected border counties of Kenya
(2021-04-18)
Introduction: Information seeking behavior of the affected populations
during a pandemic is believed to significantly influence the way the
population manages the epidemic and curb its spread. This study sought to
identify ...
Teachers’ Competence on the use of Science Instructional Resources in Teaching Science Activities among Pre-Primary Children in Ndhiwa Sub-County, Homa Bay County, Kenya
(International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning, 2021)
Studies and practices have shown that pre-school science is a play based learning activity and in science
lessons it may be easy to find materials and equipment for teaching science in schools not used or inadequate. ...
An overview of fish disease and parasite occurrence in the cage culture of Oreochromis niloticus: A case study in Lake Victoria, Kenya
(2021)
Cage aquaculture has been on a steady rise in Lake Victoria, Kenya, since 2016, resulting in the current
culturing of over 3,600 cages of Tilapia (O. niloticus) (Orina et al., 2018). Unfortunately, there has been
limited, ...
Myths and Misconceptions on Covid-19: ‘Congo Check’ and ‘Talato’ Verification Experiences
(2021-03-31)
Despite the challenges of connectivity and the digital divide that persists in Central Africa,
an increasing number of citizens is engaging and interacting in social networks for fulfilling
their informational needs. In ...